News
articles 2003
Presbytery
asked for 'full, fair and open debate' on validation of Williamson,
Lay Committee
December 29, 2003
Three
Fla. congregations decide not to pay per capita
December 19, 2003
An open
letter to Kirkpatrick, Detterick on per capita
December 19, 2003
Kirkpatrick,
Buchanan praise UCC for its theology, inclusivity
December 18, 2003
Stated
clerk no longer uses threat in his new opinion on per capita
December 17, 2003
Kirkpatrick
denies statement he signed calls for war-crimes trials of Bush, Blair
December 17, 2003
The
OBO Report
December 17, 2003
'Families
in Transition' becomes 'transforming'
December 16, 2003
Observers
have praise, criticism for family paper
December 15, 2003
Team
working on family policy shuns declaration on marriage
December 15, 2003
Williamson
case pinpoints denominational trend
December 12, 2003
Presbytery
considers changing its rule on per-capita payments
December 11, 2003
Presbytery
considers overture to remove Lay Committee as PCUSA affinity group
December 11, 2003
Money issue is at the heart
of invalidation proposal
December 10, 2003
Committee shuns invitation to
visit Lay Committee office
December 10, 2003
Presbytery's
Committee on Ministry also seeks invalidation of Williamson's ministry
December 9, 2003
Williamson
defends himself in letter to presbytery committee
December 8, 2003
An
open letter to the Presbytery of Western North Carolina
December 8, 2003
Parker
Williamson's letter to Committee on Ministry
December 8, 2003
Alex Metherell
Paying indulgences
to Rome
December 8, 2003
Presbytery
panel would strip Williamson of his ordination
December 5, 2003
Called
synod council meeting seeks review of case involving gay pastor
December 5, 2003
1978
statement on ordaining gays will be target during 2004 Assembly
December 3, 2003
Dynamic
duo brings hope to Hispanics
December 2, 2003
Step-by-step
guide for PNCs
December 2, 2003
PCUSA's
reasons for staggering loss of members aren't justified by numbers
December 1, 2003
Heartland
churches re-direct per-capita and mission offerings
December 1, 2003
New
clergy group to push liberal causes
November 25, 2003
For
PCUSA activists, it's not all about gays
November 24, 2003
Presbytery
gives congregation right to vote for renunciation
November 21, 2003
Former
missionary's predictions for PCUSA are coming true for the Episcopal
Church USA
November 21, 2003
PCUSA's
pro-abortion lobby protested
November 21, 2003
Detroit
Presbytery wants to rescind GA declaration about ordaining homosexuals
November 20, 2003
Russian
Orthodox Church ceases contacts with Episcopal Church USA
November 20, 2003
Church
of Nigeria severes relationship with US Anglicans
November 20, 2003
War
brings NCC $7 million in anonymous contribution
November 20, 2003
Pew
study shows backlash against homosexual marriages
November 19, 2003
Presbytery
diverts mission money to pay per capita
November 19, 2003
Church
members' option: renounce PCUSA's rule
November 19, 2003
Massachusetts
court backs same-sex marriage
November 18, 2003
Presbytery
to have committee consider 'Gracious Separation'
November 12, 2003
Stated
clerk gets NCC to join Taco Bell boycott
November 10, 2003
The
tyranny of tolerance
November 6, 2003
PCUSA
official says legislators 'took the easy way out' by banning
partial-birth abortions
November 6, 2003
Memorial
service is held in aftermath of Calif. fires
November 3, 2003
Episcopal
Church USA nears split in wake of gay bishop's consecration
November 3, 2003
Heresy
trial rejected, but minister criticized
October 30, 2003
Williams
asked to dissociate Episcopal Church if gay bishop's consecration
proceeds
October 30, 2003
'How can
we help?' in wake of fires, pastor asked
October 30, 2003
Participant
in private meeting says no deals were negotiated
October 30, 2003
Mission
campaign has spent more than its cash receipts
October 29, 2003
Per-capita
shortfall is increasing rapidly
October 29, 2003
Lay
Committee urges Presbyterians to consider redirecting gifts
October 28, 2003
Wiccan
priestess studies at Presbyterian seminary
October 28, 2003
The
church under fire – literally
October 28, 2003
PCUSA
staff leaders are conducting private meeting with disparate factions
October 27, 2003
PCUSA
'Messianic' mission prompts torrent of criticism
October 23, 2003
Task
force members reflect on their meeting
October 22, 2003
Gordon-Conwell
establishes Center for the Study of Global Christianity
October 22, 2003
Synod
committee backs presbytery refusal to try homosexual minister
October 21, 2003
Presbyterian
history lesson: dissension, schism, reunion
October 21, 2003
Nashville
pastor is candidate for General Assembly moderator
October 20, 2003
Task
force talks about sex issues
October 20, 2003
Task
force members discuss how group will make decisions
October 17, 2003
In
an age of decline, Historical Society moves into high-tech, toward
consolidation
October 14, 2003
COGA
gives stated clerk pat on back, 3-percent raise
October 13, 2003
COGA
defers action on two-year moderators
October 13, 2003
PCUSA
office seeks to shield moderator from denominational court oversight
October 13, 2003
The
moving middle
October 13, 2003
New
Wineskins work seeks to 'articulate the future to which we believe God
is calling us together
October 10, 2003
Calvin's
views on the Holy Spirit
October 10, 2003
Overture
wants confidentiality in church disciplinary cases
October 9, 2003
Christology
is biggest battle tearing apart PCUSA, pastor tells Gathering
October 9, 2003
Participants
dared to become 'the church God has in mind'
October 9, 2003
Gayle
Parker: 'Don't try to save the church'
October 9, 2003
Coalition
plans no Gathering in '04
October 9, 2003
Coalition
calls on Presbyterians to review stated clerk's performance
October 9, 2003
Moderator
praises 'consensus' model
October 9, 2003
'Culture
war prevents us from the first great end of the church,' Gathering
VIII told
October 8, 2003
Moderator
opposes 'gracious separation,' continues support for gay ordination
October 8, 2003
Pro-life
leader calls for 'reform from within'
October 8, 2003
Overture
would end PCUSA sanction of most abortions
October 8, 2003
Discipline
'a very faint mark' in PCUSA, Gathering told
October 8, 2003
PCUSA
feels like a 'failed experiment, now in its waning days,' pastor says
October 8, 2003
PCUSA
divided by two competing theologies, Gathering VIII told
October 8, 2003
New
seminary focusing on pastoral ministry planned
October 8, 2003
Presbytery
wants Covenant Network leader to develop new congregation
October 7, 2003
Large
Episcopal church withholds ECUSA money
October 7, 2003
Overture
seeks constitutional revision with 'essential tenets'
October 7, 2003
Presbytery
wants to render ordination law meaningless
October 7, 2003
A
rift worse than schism?
October 7, 2003
Luther
review clippings
October 6, 2003
John
Calvin's views about predestination
October 3, 2003
Another
presbytery considers overture seeking to remove 'fidelity and
chastity' standard
October 3, 2003
Covenant
Network links its efforts to repeal ordination standard to task
force's 2006 report
October 3, 2003
2,500
Episcopalians to meet following election of gay bishop
October 2, 2003
GAC
begins preparations for biennial assemblies
October 2, 2003
PCUSA
bodies adopt consensus model that denomination opposes
October 2, 2003
General
Assembly Council begins planning budget, goals for 2005-2006
October 1, 2003
General
Assembly Council members dream of PCUSA church in 10 years
October 1, 2003
PCUSA's
new curriculum: hurrahs for a $210,335 deficit
September 30, 2003
Carroll
urges council to shun distractions and follow vision
September 30, 2003
Milwaukee
votes to accept lesbian as a candidate for ministry
September 30, 2003
Lesbian
candidate for minister helped rescue briefly-banned group
September 30, 2003
PCUSA
theology leader says ACSWP ignored office's advice
September 29, 2003
PCUSA's
bucket-toters are weary of holey leaks
September 29, 2003
PCUSA
action is urged in aftermath of sexual abuses at Congo mission school
September 29, 2003
Doctrine
of the Trinity: answers 'Who is God?'
September 29, 2003
Andrews
shares celebrations and concerns with the GAC
September 29, 2003
Kirkpatrick
speaks of sabbatical; and his study of Acts, other books
September 29, 2003
Staff
debt relief proposal sent back for reconsideration
September 29, 2003
Fund
campaign leader cites 'substantial' gifts
September 29, 2003
Confessing
Church congregation votes to leave PCUSA for EPC
September 26, 2003
Speakers
urge ASCWP to uphold traditional families
September 26, 2003
Draft
theological review
September 26, 2003
Evangelical
scholar named to writing team on families paper
September 26, 2003
Berated
PCUSA family paper in search of 'theological' footings
September 26, 2003
Baltimore
Presbytery approves overture to allow gay ordination
September 26, 2003
Committee
pulls plug on church tax plan
September 26, 2003
Panel
decides not to file charges against minister accused
of heresy for allegedly denying bodily resurrection of Jesus
September 25, 2003
Hudson
River to take no action against ministers
accused of gay ordination, same-sex marriages
September 24, 2003
GAC
to consider charging a fee for administering designated gifts
September 23, 2003
General
Assembly Council will meet in Montreat
September 23, 2003
What
Calvin had to say about the Scriptures
September 19, 2003
Baltimore
Presbytery to consider overture to allow gay ordination
September 18, 2003
A
Father who knows best
September 18, 2003
Presbytery
continues punishing churches withholding per capita
September 16, 2003
‘Gracious
Separation,’ other reports will be discussed at Gathering VIII
September 15, 2003
PLC,
Cook plan joint Reformed church curriculum
September 15, 2003
PCUSA,
briefly
D.C. church celebrates 200th
anniversary
September 12, 2003
North
Carolina congregation endorses 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
September 12, 2003
What
John Calvin said about bodily resurrection
September 11, 2003
Presbyterian
'Perspectives' runs statement supporting gay bishop
September 10, 2003
WCC
records show financial plight worse
September 10, 2003
Shadyside
church calls Craig Barnes to pulpit
September 9, 2003
Public
hearing scheduled on PCUSA family report
September 9, 2003
Minister
challenges presbytery refusal to OK loan for expansion
September 8, 2003
PCUSA
is dwindling into more small churches without ministers
September 5, 2003
Foes
of ordination standard among PPC board members
September 4, 2003
Kirkpatrick
joins statement implying Bush, Blair should face war-crime trials
September 2, 2003
Van
Kuiken expects to be back in pulpit
September 2, 2003
Heartland
policy ignores per-capita law
August 27, 2003
Alabama
chief justice says federal judge 'violated law'
August 25, 2003
Houston
pastor is first candidate for General Assembly moderator
August 25, 2003
Some
gay activists want church to accept multiple partners as 'holy'
August 25, 2003
Boston
Presbytery may be first to ordain man who became female
August 21, 2003
Presbyterian
relief group pledges help for Liberians
August 21, 2003
Wheeler:
Network, PFR are part of the 'great middle of the church'
August 19, 2003
ELCA
has highest loss of members since 1987
August 14, 2003
Statement
by the Presbyterian Lay Committee on the developments in the Episcopal
Church, USA
August 12, 2003
'State
of the Church' to be focus of conference in Omaha
August 12, 2003
Task
Force discusses how to close meetings
August 11, 2003
Minority
task force members cite their cultural differences
August 11, 2003
Study
on foot-washing ritual spawns spirited discussion
August 7, 2003
Theological
Task Force shuns ordination question
August 7, 2003
Presbyterian
Coalition condemns confirmation by Episcopal Church of openly gay
bishop
August 7, 2003
More
details emerge about allegations against bishop candidate
August 5, 2003
Episcopal News Service
Episcopal
committee OKs rites for same-sex couples
August 4, 2003
Deputies
vote to back election of gay bishop
August 4, 2003
American Anglican Council
Powerful
Colorado parish opposes Robinson's election
August 4, 2003
Backlash
is growing to gay-marriage efforts
August 1, 2003
'Bright
brought millions of people to Christianity'
July 31, 2003
Financial
plight brings more Montreat layoffs
July 31, 2003
Van
Kuiken still a member of Presbytery of Cincinnati
July 31, 2003
Moderator
using her position to lobby for gay ordination
July 30, 2003
William
Bennett admits his gambling was a sin
July 29, 2003
Former
moderator to renew attack on gay-ordination ban
July 29, 2003
Layman
Online compiles archive on per-capita issue
July 28, 2003
Critics
line up on both sides of Mel Gibson's 'The Passion'
July 25, 2003
Ordination
issue will boil again at August-November meetings
July 23, 2003
Commentary
Two
kinds of Christianity
July 23, 2003
Presbyterian
who founded Campus Crusade dies at 81
July 21, 2003
'Schedule
is already wild; things are back to normal'
July 17, 2003
'Mission
Initiative' posts giving figures for campaign
July 18, 2003
'Mission
Initiative' fundraiser to leave $40-million campaign
July 16, 2003
Former
moderator vindicated of 'slandering' Paul R. Jensen
July 16, 2003
PCUSA
court affirms voluntary nature of paying per capita bills
July 15, 2003
Presbytery's
per-capita tactics spawned schism in local church
July 15, 2003
Appeal
brief warns per-capita tax could spawn 'cataclysmic event'
July 10, 2003
Comprehensive
assessment of per capita available online
July 10, 2003
PCUSA's
highest court will hear per-capita case
July 8, 2003
Congregation
must pay $1.3 million to leave PCUSA
July 7, 2003
Conference
for women featuring anti-atonement speaker is canceled
July 7, 2003
Special-interest
group, former moderator vilify 'Essentials Tenets'
June 27, 2003
PCUSA
women's group schedules speaker who denies Christ's atonement
June 25, 2003
Transgendered
minister addressed YADs, Theological Task Force
June 25, 2003
Presbytery
votes to prepare candidates for ministry with 'essential doctrines'
June 24, 2003
The
Last Dance
Re-Imagining group celebrates, expires
June 23, 2003
Re-Imaginers:
Christians wrong to believe Jesus died for their sins
June 23, 2003
Three
Re-Imagining Presbyterians tell their stories, but not the rest of the
story
June 23, 2003
‘Faces
of Children’ appear at prayer summit in Washington
June 18, 2003
Presbytery
votes 119-45 to oust Cincinnati pastor
June 17, 2003
PCA
approves change in subscription requirement
June 12, 2003
Joel
Belz elected moderator of 31st PCA General Assembly
June 11, 2003
Foundation
will pay $30,000 for nation-disciplining sermons
June 10, 2003
Black
Presbyterian Caucus hires fiery preacher-activist
June 10, 2003
Special
meeting scheduled June 16 in Cincinnati on Van Kuiken case
June 9, 2003
Congress
votes to outlaw abortion procedure sanctioned by PCUSA's commissioners
June 5, 2003
Presbytery
schedules special meeting to determine if defiant pastor has renounced
jurisdiction of the church
June 5, 2003
More
charges filed against defiant pastor in Ohio
June 3, 2003
Pennsylvania
congregation endorses 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
June 3, 2003
PCA
assembly will meet in Charlotte June 10-13
June 2, 2003
Kirkpatrick
backs sect in suit against U.S. over use of hallucinogenic drugs in
rituals
May 22, 2003
Commissioners
asked to fund office for homosexuals, bisexuals, transgenders
May 22, 2003
Commissioners
asked to condemn American 'military occupation' of Alaskan island
May 22, 2003
Lawyer
accuses moderator of slander; moderator responds
May 22, 2003
Letter
reveals investigating panel sought leniency for Van Kuiken
May 21, 2003
Panel
to ask commissioners to abolish for-profit prisons
May 21, 2003
Commissioners
to be told America involved in 'genocide' through use of 'germ
warfare'
May 21, 2003
Covenant
Network throws in towel; Coalition compiles rationale for G-6.0106b
May 20, 2003
Noted
church historian says 'Pollyanna and Pangloss' inspired PCUSA family
study
May 19, 2003
Pastor
defies church order, 'marries' another gay couple
May 19, 2003
Declining
PCUSA goes to Denver for penultimate annual meeting
May 19, 2003
2,500
call on 215th G.A. commissioners to defend constitution, Scriptural
authority
May 19, 2003
Heresy
charge raises key issue: Is belief in Jesus' bodily resurrection an
essential tenet?
May 15, 2003
Washington
Office director linked to groups promoting atheism, secularism and
Wicca
May 14, 2003
Heresy
complaint seeks to forestall installation
May 14, 2003
Overture
seeks more accountability on budgets for PCUSA programs
May 13, 2003
Per-capita
payments decline sharply from 2000 to 2002
May 13, 2003
Overture
wants high-tech archives – without sexism
May 13, 2003
Washington
Office claims job program would promote religious 'discrimination'
May 13, 2003
General
Assembly will consider resolution on Israel and Palestine
May 12, 2003
Overture
calls for evangelical advisers to theological task force
May 12, 2003
Lay
Committee conference speaker gets high-level PCUSA assignments
May 12, 2003
Overture
would ban press from debate about issues
May 9, 2003
Louisiana
congregation endorses 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
May 9, 2003
Report
on women ministers shows 'emerging issues' are unfounded
May 8, 2003
Overture
opposes mixing marketing and ministry
May 8, 2003
Evangelical-Muslim
dialogue: Moving beyond 'chatty conferences'
May 8, 2003
General
Assembly Bible study has pro-gay ordination script
May 7, 2003
General
Assembly will consider repealing ordination standard
May 7, 2003
General
Assembly to be asked to continue paying for partial-birth abortions
May 7, 2003
The
moral transgression of William Bennett
May 6, 2003
Committee
wants to repeal rule on enforcing constitution
May 6, 2003
What
will the key issues be at the 215th General Assembly?
May 1, 2003
Redstone
overture would not deal with defiance
April 30, 2003
PCUSA
study clashes with views of evangelical family researchers
April 30, 2003
Washington
Presbytery allows dissent on per-capita payments
April 29, 2003
Panel
wants 215th General Assembly to generously support World Council
April 29, 2003
Analyst
calls PCUSA family report 'crushing disappointment'
April 28, 2003
Ecumenical
funding remains high after cutting missionaries
April 25, 2003
Abortion
advocate to speak at Washington Office dinner
April 25, 2003
Presbytery
policy punishes sessions withholding per capita
April 24, 2003
Methodist
bishops chide Bush on his 'wickedness'
April 24, 2003
Minister
reaches accord on defiance, will face no disciplinary action
April 23, 2003
Rebuked
pastor vows to continue defiance
April 22, 2003
Defiant
pastor gets slap on the wrist
PJC: Guilty on same-sex marriage
charge,
not guilty on charge of ordaining gays
April 21, 2003
Evangelical,
'progressive' seminary presidents to address Covenant Network
April 21, 2003
California
pastor will speak at Coalition's 'Gathering VIII'
April 17, 2003
Report
wants PCUSA to affirm 'diverse families,' gay couples
April 15, 2003
An Easter poem
Contemplations
of Immortality
April 15, 2003
Missouri
congregation endorses 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
April 15, 2003
Witherspoon
Society: Support U.S. troops who refuse to fight
April 10, 2003
Mount
Auburn pastor issues pre-trial defiance statement
April 10, 2003
Council's
report card isn't flattering
April 9, 2003
Virginia
congregation endorses 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
April 9, 2003
Citing
financial problems, More Light terminates ordained lesbian's position
April 8, 2003
Retired
U.S. House member selected as 'Woman of Faith'
April 8, 2003
BRIEFLY NOTED
Imagining
an apostolic mission
April 7, 2003
Fund
campaign leader urges GAC to honor donors' purpose
April 4, 2003
With
husband in Iraq, GAC member urges council to focus on Gospel
April 4, 2003
Moderator
says allegations of conspiracy were a 'lie'
April 4, 2003
Council
approves '04 budget unanimously, without debate
April 4, 2003
'Tactical'
budget proposed, but that's not enough, says GAC executive
April 4, 2003
Council
votes against request to cease boycott of Taco Bell
April 4, 2003
Van
Kuiken defiance trial scheduled Tuesday
April 4, 2003
Mount
Auburn again issues statement of defiance
April 3, 2003
87
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
April 2, 2003
4
Christian educator amendments rejected
April 2, 2003
Two
more congregations endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
April 1, 2003
West
Virginia congregation endorses 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
March 31, 2003
82
congregations now endorsing 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
March 27, 2003
Overtures
target biennial meetings, war, abortion policy
March 26, 2003
2
more congregations endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
March 25, 2003
Demographics
show Confessing Church growth, vitality
March 24, 2003
Support
for Iraq war, concern for religious minorities grows
March 21, 2003
Metherell:
'Overall, I am pleased with the outcome'
March 20, 2003
Stated
clerk escapes court's reprimands of moderator
March 20, 2003
Presbyterian
chaplains deployed to serve military units in war effort
March 20, 2003
Court
rejects special General Assembly but says moderator 'acted improperly'
March 19, 2003
Should
moderator reject a petition for a 'pink kilt' General Assembly?
March 19, 2003
PCUSA's
highest court deliberates whether to require called 214th General
Assembly
March 18, 2003
Church
leaders do not represent people in the pews on Iraq war, renewal group
says
March 18, 2003
Renewal
group studies a better approach to building strong marriages and
families
March 18, 2003
3
more congregations endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
March 18, 2003
76
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
March 17, 2003
Private
meeting of groups at loggerheads is canceled
March 14, 2003
Glaser
spoofs Biblical story so liberals can have 'good laugh'
March 14, 2003
Former
moderator Jack Rogers lashes out at 'fundamentalists'
March 14, 2003
What
Assembly blessed, U.S. Senate bans, 64-33
March 13, 2003
Van
Kuiken trial set for April 8
March 13, 2003
Irish
Presbyterian leader: Christ must be mediator in ecumenical worship
March 11, 2003
Defiant
Vt. session dodges another disciplinary bullet
March 11, 2003
Prayers
and politicians converge on Minneapolis
March 10, 2003
NAE
insists on 'staffing rights'
March 10, 2003
North
Korea and Sudan excoriated for killing Christians
March 7, 2003
Clerk,
church executive seek private 'retreat' with special-interest
advocates
March 7, 2003
Court
limits evidence-gathering in case against PCUSA moderator
March 7, 2003
Why
Mel Gibson is directing film on the Passion of Christ
March 7, 2003
Similar
cases: one dismissed, trial ordered in the other
March 5, 2003
Court
orders moderator, clerk to face trial
March 4, 2003
75
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
March 4, 2003
Q&A
Terry Schlossberg, a post-feminist
March 3, 2003
Assembly
sanctions late-term abortions
March 3, 2003
Partial-birth
abortions triple in 4 years, study shows
March 3, 2003
Commission
considers whether to try accusations against moderator, clerk
February 28, 2003
After
three years, elder gets day in court in gay-installation case
February 27, 2003
PFR
again defends stance on called meeting of the G.A.
February 27, 2003
Henderson
named acting president of Montreat Conference Center
February 26, 2003
Hearing
on complaint against moderator and clerk set Feb. 28
February 25, 2003
Professors
have different views of homosexual practice, but reach a shared
conclusion
February 25, 2003
74
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
February 25, 2003
Task
Force may begin digging into issues at its next meeting
February 24, 2003
Task
force examines clash over Scripture in confessions
February 24, 2003
Task
force asked to mull possibility of writing confessional-quality report
February 21, 2003
73
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
February 20, 2003
Dieth
resigns as president of Montreat Conference Center
February 20, 2003
Single
church in Louisville jump-starts fund campaign
February 19, 2003
Users
outfox Washington Office by opposing lobbying messages
February 18, 2003
Santa
Fe Presbytery joins moderator, clerk supporters
February 18, 2003
Another
presbytery backs overture to repeal 'fidelity/chastity' rule
February 14, 2003
Another
presbytery backs moderator, stated clerk
February 14, 2003
Charges
filed against Cincinnati minister
February 13, 2003
Press
'send' and Washington Office will do your thinking and lobbying
February 13, 2003
Low-priority
PCUSA programs avoiding cuts in budget plans
February 12, 2003
Most
support for clerk, moderator from opponents of ordination standard
February 12, 2003
PFR
newsletter says invalidation of petition involved 'no ill intent'
February 10, 2003
Court
committee: Complaint against clerk, moderator fails to state a claim
for relief
February 7, 2003
Clerk,
moderator say overture will do the job
February 7, 2003
Presbyterians
are not as anti-war as their agencies and leaders suggest
February 6, 2003
Will
religious peace movement repeat errors of Vietnam period?
February 5, 2003
Overture
favors annual GA meetings
February 5, 2003
Clerk,
moderator try to rally pastors to back their decision
February 5, 2003
Moderator,
stated clerk defend their decision
February 4, 2003
Third
candidate for PCUSA moderator among those favoring a 'third way'
February 4, 2003
Kansas
church to feature Jesus Seminar speaker
January 31, 2003
72
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
January 31, 2003
NCC
plan to broaden ecumenical group OK'd
January 30, 2003
PHEWA
to seek more funding from 215th General Assembly
January 30, 2003
Senior
minister of San Antonio church announces retirement
January 29, 2003
Baltimore
Presbytery backs overture to repeal 'fidelity/chastity' rule
January 29, 2003
2
presbyteries approve overtures seeking to change special G.A. meeting
requirements
January 29, 2003
71
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
January 29, 2003
PHEWA biennial conference
'New universalism' will bring
about 'a new creation,' liberation theologian tells Presbyterian
conference
January 28, 2003
PHEWA biennial conference
Anti-war protests, political
campaigns mark conference
January 28, 2003
Moderator,
clerk refuse to call General Assembly into session
January 27, 2003
Minister
writes letter recanting his elder's signature on petition
January 27, 2003
Pastor
spurns isolation by presbytery officials
January 27, 2003
PHEWA biennial conference
Mary was 'co-redeemer with Jesus,'
speaker tells Presbyterian conference
January 27, 2003
PHEWA biennial conference
Seminary professor
condemns those who say theology matters
January 27, 2003
Metherell
says litigation may be only recourse to challenge delay tactics
January 24, 2003
Court-ordered
per-capita payment appealed in Ohio
January 24, 2003
Overture
seeks repeal of 'fidelity/chastity' rule
January 24, 2003
Confessing
Church leaders Seek to discern next step
January 24, 2003
OGA
sends response to complaint over call to reconvene assembly
January 22, 2003
Church
court case filed against clerk, moderator
January 21, 2003
Left
flank of PCUSA opposes called meeting
January 21, 2003
Presbytery
decides against endorsing call to lesbian
January 21, 2003
Elders,
pastors 'strongly urge' call for special General Assembly
January 21, 2003
Verification
of signatures is expected by January 21
January 20, 2003
Mission
Initiative leader opposes diversion of funds
January 20, 2003
Council
member divulges being paid for PCUSA material
January 20, 2003
GAC
told advocacy committee's mandate is to advocate, not advise
January 20, 2003
Moderator
distributes packet without objections to his tactics
January 17, 2003
Former
moderator urges reconciliation between two Koreas and United States
January 17, 2003
Stated
clerk asks commissioners to vote again on called meeting of the
Assembly
January 17, 2003
An Open
Letter to the Members of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
From the Board of Directors of the Presbyterian Lay Committee
January 17, 2003
Accountability,
lodgment functions for 2 groups shifted to different office
January 17, 2003
Panel
rejects adding French Confession, new catechisms to Book of
Confessions
January 17, 2003
Committee
approves proposal that seeks more frequent celebration of Lord's
Supper
January 17, 2003
Closely
watched Iraqis ask 'why,' but PCUSA leader avoids an answer
January 17, 2003
Stated
clerk asked to issue call for special General Assembly
January 16, 2003
Complete
text of Metherell's letter to Clifton Kirkpatrick
January 16, 2003
Complete
text of Metherell's letter to Mark Tammen
January 16, 2003
Complete
text of moderator's letter to commissioners
January 16, 2003
Staff
cure for shrinkage: Develop more churches
January 16, 2003
58
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
January 16, 2003
Moderator's
letter urges commissioners to recant
January 15, 2003
425
Staffers will 'resource' fewer than 550 commissioners
January 15, 2003
Committee
predicts more membership losses, fewer contributions
January 15, 2003
GAC
navigates sea of red ink
January 15, 2003
Questions
and answers on called assembly meeting
January 15, 2003
Metherell
challenges COGA's opinion in 120-day delay for GA
January 15, 2003
Alexander
F. Metherell brings PCUSA to brink of an historical assembly
January 15, 2003
Officials
try to delay called meeting
January 15, 2003
Complete
text of Metherell's letter to moderator
January 14, 2003
Moderator
presented petition to call for historic special Assembly
January 14, 2003
Presbytery
rejects proposed overture seeking to remove 'fidelity and chastity'
standard
January 14, 2003
'Like
a second mom'
January 13, 2003
56
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
January 10, 2003
Maryland
church will vote on calling lesbian as pastor
January 8, 2003
Presbytery
committee chair says lesbian didn't 'self-acknowledge'
January 8, 2003
Mt.
Auburn's defiance now exceeds 12 years
January 8, 2003
55
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
January 8, 2003
Synod
prohibits presbytery review of defiant session
January 7, 2003
54
congregations now endorse 'A Call to Constitutional Integrity'
January 7, 2003
Gay
activist uses parody of nativity accounts to oppose ordination rule
January 6, 2003
'Super
Frist' still making headlines as 'Senator, Surgeon, Good Samaritan'
January 3, 2003
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